Shipping tag



Aug. 28, 1923. 4 1,466,173

W. G. JOPSON SHIPPING TAG Filed Jan. 15 1920 WITNESSES."

Patented mg. 28, 1923.

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WILLIAM Jonson, or'KE'nnE," NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSIGNOB r0 JoPsoir rim'nura'TUBING "COMPANY, or BOSTON, oHUsn'rTs.

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Application filed January 15,1920. 7 Serial No. 351,528.?

To allwhom it may concern I I V Beit known that 1, WILLIAM G. Orson, asubject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Keene, in the countyof Cheshire and State of New. Hampshire, have invented new and usefullmpnovenie'nts in Shipping Tags, of which the following is a spec1 fi+cation. 7 1

This invention has relation to shipping tags, and has for its object notonly to provide an inexpensive tag, but also one whlch is capable ofbeing strung automaticallyby machinery.

On the drawings,- Figure 1 illustrates invent-ion.

Figure 2 shows the under. side of the tag. Figures 3 and 4 illustrate atag with the staples crossed; I

Figures 5 and 6 illustrate a tag in which the reinforce consists of asingle staple.

Figure 7 represents an edgefview of the ta V The body of the tag, whichmay be of the usual shape and made of any suitable material, isindicatedat 20, having a reinforce 21, which may, if desired, be made of toughstock of some kind used in niaking the annu- 'lar reinforces. Throughthe body of the tag, at one end thereof,- there is an aperture a,through which emerge the free a tag embodying the ends 22, 23,'of thestring. Inaddition, there are the spaced apertures?) 0,'which arelocated a greater distance from the end of the tag than the aperture orhole a, and which are arranged in a line transverse to the length of thetag. The ends of the string are passed through the apertures 72 0 so asto form a loop 24-, and the ends of the string are then both passed andemerge in the same direction through the aperture a, which is nearer theend of the tag than the aperture 7) 0, so as to leave two convergingloops 25, 25, on the under face of the body, whlch extend from the holesI) 0 to the hole a. Thus the apertures a b 0 are located at the anglesof the triangle, and the loops 24 and 25, 25, constitute, as it were,the three sides of the triangle, the base of which lies against theupper face, and the sides of which lie against the under face of thebody. The free attaching ends 22, 23, of the string may be of anydesired length. In Figures 1 and 2, I have shown a reinforce consistingof two staples 27, 28, which have their attaching prongs clinched in thebodyiof thejtag,

which; are arranged adjacent the holes a b so as to form bars to resistthepull of the cord and prevent enlargement of the holes.

Again," in Figuresfi} and 4,.thestaples 29, 30 are shownin crossedrelation,this per.- initting the holes aand b to be located closertogether and the loop 24 to pass about both staples where they cross,thus giving a doublereinforcement at that point. I Or, if

desired, a single angular staple may be ems iaeam IECEASSACIHTUSE'IW'JS,A CO RPORATION OF T/IASSA ployed as shown in Figures 5 and 6. In thiscase, th staple has a crossbar 31 and converging end bars 32, -32.- VThe apertures b 0 are located outside the end bars, and the aperture a1s inside the crossbar, so that the edges of all three apertures arereinforced, by metallic bars arranged crosswise of the loops of thecord,and in the angles formed by the cross loopbars and converging loops. Thestaple isvshown as having prongs 34, 34, 35, 35, at the ends of thecross bar, and at the ends of the end bars, which, after being passedthrough the body: ofothe tag, are clinched. j

Preferably the reinforces areall applied at the time by the same machineor an iattachment thereof, by V which the tag is strung, but I donot.claimherein-the machine for or the'lnethod of stringing {the tags orapplying the reinforces, as these form the subject-matter of anapplication Serial No. 403,920, filed August 16-, 1920.

In all three forms in which the invention is illustrated as embodied, Ihave provided staples which furnish straight metallic bars, which arearranged at an angle to each other, and are located so as to resist thepull of the string against the wall of the apertures b c in the tag; andin the third form there is an additional metallic cross bar which liesbeyond the aperture an to prevent rupture of the tag near said aperture.These cross bars are all so arranged as to resist the pull of thestring, when force is applied to the free ends of the string.

The staples are all preferably made of flat stock so that, when onceclinched in the tag, they will not bend laterally.

An advantage of the improved tag is its strength, which is greater thanthat of any other reinforced tag of which I am aware, the portion of thestring which bears on the tag being so supported by a laterally rigidmetallic bar that it is not liable to. be pulled through the margin ofthe tag by any strain to which it may be subjected.

What I claim is e 1. A shipping tag having two spaced apertures locatedat a distance from the end of the tag'in a line transverse to the lengthof thetag and a third'intermedi'ate aperturev near the end of the tag, astring passed through said spaced apertures and having a 10 cross loopon one face of the tag and converg--.

' 1 clined metal bars adjacent said spaced apertures and located in theangles formed by said cross loop and converging loops, said bars beingclinched in the tag.

2. A shipping tag having two spaced apertures located at a distance fromthe end of the tag in a line transverse to the length of the tag and athird intermediate aperture near the end of the tag, a string passedthrough said spaced apertures and having a cross loop on one face of thetag and converging loops. on the other face of the tag said stringhaving its attaching ends emerging in the same direction through saidaperture, and a reinforce consisting of relatively inclined metal barsadjacent said spaced apertures and located in the angles. formed by saidcross loop and converging loops, said bars being crossed between saidspaced apertures and clinched the tag.

3. A shipping tag having a plurality of string-receiving perforationstherethrough, and a pair of relatively inclined straight bars made fastthereto adjacent said perforations and forming reinforcements aboutwhich a fastening string passed through said perforations is looped.

4. A shipping tag having a pair of crossed bars made fast thereto, saidtag having a plurality of string-receiving perforations located withinthe angles between said bars, and a fastening string passed through saidapertures.

' 5, A perforated shipping tag having a igieaive pair of crossedreinforcing bars made fast thereto adjacent the; perforated portion andabout which a fastening string passed throu h the perforation maybear.6. l shipping tag having a pair of crossed reinforcing elements; and afastening string passed through openings in said tag and hav: ing a loopbearing over the of said elements. a

7. A device of the class described comprising a body portion, a pair ofcrossed reinforcing elements made fast to said body portion said bodyportion having a perforation therethrough in the apex of an anglecrossed portions between said reinforcing'elements, and an element forattaching said device to an article passed through said perforation.

8. A device of the class described .com prising a body portion a pair ofcrossed reinforcing elements made fast to'said-body portion, said bodyportion having a perforation therethrough in the apex of an anglebetween said reinforcing elements, and an element for attaching saiddevice to an article passed through said perforation and bearing oversaid reinforcing elements.

9. A device of the class described coinprising a body portion having aperforation therethrough, and a pair of crossed reinforcing bars fixedto said body portion and extending-on either side of said perforation.

10. A' device of the class described comprising a body portion, and apair of crossed reinforcing bars made fast thereto, said body portionhaving a pair of pcrforationstherethrough in the apicesof oppositeangles between said bars. Y

11. A'device of the class described com prising a body portion having apairof perforations therethrough, and a pair of rela- 7';

tively inclined reinforcing bars fixed to said portion in position for afastening element passed through said perforations to bear thereover.

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7 WILLIAM eJo soN;

